What Are The Advantages of Plastic Concert Barriers?
The lights flash and the crowd presses in, but when the right safety measures are in place, music lovers and artists alike can feel free to fully enjoy everything an event has to offer.
Indoor music venues and outdoor festivals alike use multiple types of safety barricades to surround the perimeter of their events, clearly define entrances and exits, create separate areas for VIPs, designate areas for food and beverage sales, and protect the stage. This ensures that artists are protected, guests know where to go, and everybody can have a good time.
OTW has provided safety barricades for many major concert venues and outdoor music festivals, including the Twilight Music Festival in downtown Salt Lake City, the Live Nation Coral Sky Amphitheater at the South Florida Fairgrounds, the Music City Center in Nashville, and more! Our classic pedestrian and concert barricade, the Billboard Barricade is perfect for events of all kinds and offers excellent crowd control.
Our concert plastic concert barriers keep attendees safe, and are more versatile than traditional metal barriers that you might see at other shows or events…
So What Are The Advantages of Plastic Concert Barricades?
Many venues do still use metal barricades for their crowd control efforts, but many have switched to the more versatile and often more cost-effective plastic concert barricade.
Using plastic concert barricades has many benefits for concert-goers and venue staff alike, including quick and easy set-up, high visibility, and the ability to display custom signage. (Since upgrading an entire stock of barricades to plastic can sometimes be cost prohibitive when metal ones are already owned, we also offer a metal-to-plastic barricade adapter that securely fastens traditional steel barricades to our Billboard Barricade.)
So, what are the advantages of using plastic concert barriers, and why should your venue or event make the switch? Here’s our top-rated benefits of plastic barricades:
Plastic concert barricades increase safety all around
While metal barricades can be sufficient for many uses, plastic is generally a more forgiving material than metal, which often makes plastic concert barricades safer for large crowds. Using plastic barriers ensures that you don’t have to worry about sharp corners catching patrons or sharp feet scraping floors. OTW’s plastic barricades, in particular, are stable on all types of outdoor terrain including grass, and indoor concert venues can utilize these barriers as a necessary safety precaution with no extra worry involved.
Plastic barricades can match your aesthetic
Whether you want to match your color scheme or choose a nice complementary color, OTW Billboard Barricades come in a rainbow of colors and are available in custom Pantone as well (minimum order required). With colors from red to purple to black and white, the ability to choose a barricade that will highlight and complement your event really makes a difference in the entire vibe and aesthetic. On top of that, a thoughtfully designed inlay for custom barricade signs means that events can add this display space to their sponsorship packages and feature ads for local businesses, sponsors, or future events.
Plastic barriers are lightweight and durable
One of the major benefits of plastic concert barricades is that they’re lightweight and easy to move into position. When connected with adjacent barricades, however, they form a wall that is practically immovable. When empty, our plastic concert barricades are only 33 pounds – light enough to be moved and put into position by a single person. In extreme weather conditions (such as heavy winds at outdoor concerts), plastic barricades can be ballasted with water or sand to a much heavier weight, or they can be secured to the ground with an extra post for a truly heavy duty crowd barrier.
Use Our Plastic Barricades at Your Next Concert or Event!
At OTW, your safety is our top priority. We would love to help you find the perfect concert barriers for your next event or festival! Contact us today at (801) 285-6461 or email orders@otwsafety.com.
